ÍF VIII. 5. 13. Þorsteinn svarar:
“Mikit dregr mik til þess; ek hét honum með trúnaði
at okkrum skilnaði, at ek mynda á yðvarn fund fara ok segja satt
í frá okkrum skilnaði; er því eigi at leyna,
at ek varð hans banamaðr, því at ófært þótti
várum mönnum at sitja undir hans hendi sakar manndrápa ok
férána, en þó, þér at segja í
trúnaði, kom ek á hans vald, ok átti hann kost at drepa
mik, ef hann vildi, en hann gaf mér líf ok lagði þat
á við mik, at ek skylda á þinn fund fara at hans orðsendingu,
ok sjá máttu, at hœgra væri heima
en hætta á yðra miskunn.”
CSI IV. 5. Thorstein answers Vigdis' query as to why he
has come to her family to tell them of his killing of their son, Jokul:6. Thorstein replied, "There is much which leads me to
do this; I promised him faithfully when we parted that I would seek you out
and tell the truth about our parting. There is no hiding the fact that I was
his killer, for our men were unwilling to sit meekly under his control with
his killings and robberies, and yet, to speak to you in good faith, I came under
his sway and he had the chance to kill me had he wished to do so, but he spared
my life, and laid on me the obligation to go and seek you out with a message
from him, and you can see that it would have been easier for me to stay
at home than to take a chance on your forgiveness.”Jones 27. "I had no choice. I gave him my word of honour
at our parting that I'd seek you out and tell the truth of it, and not hide
that I was the death of him. No one could expect our folk to put up with him,
because of his manslayings and thefts. Yet, to tell you the truth, I fell into
his hands, he had the chance to kill me if he wanted to, but he spared me and
bound me to come and find you with his message – and you can see for yourself
it would have been easier for me to stay at home than count
on your forgiveness.FJ Proverb word 170. Page 93-4. heima (-i) – dælt
es heima hvat Háv 5. ´Alt er let i hjemmet´, ?: let
medgörligt (man har alt så nemt hjemme, man behøver ingen
opstadsning dér); jfr hægra væri heima Vats 9.

ÍF VIII. 5.15. "er þat ok h?fðingja siðr, at veita þeim líf, er sjálfkrafa ganga upp á þeira náð."CSI IV. 5.7. "It is the custom of leaders to spare the lives of those who voluntarily place themselves at their mercy."

ÍF VIII. 5. 16. Þorsteinn mælti:
“Því vil ek játa ok kunna þökk, at vera
hér meðan þér lifið, en eigi munu menn unna mér
hér metorða eptir þinn dag, ok verðr hverr eptir
sínum forlögum at leita.” Jarl kvað líkliga
slíkt mælt.CSI IV. 5. Thorsteinn Ketilsson responds to Ingimundr
Jarl, who will let him marry his daughter Thordis if he will stay with him in
his household:8. Thorstein said, “I agree to remain here while you
are alive, and am grateful to you; but your men will not grant me respect after
your days are up, and each man must then fashion his own destiny.”Jones 29-30. Thorstein agreed to this. “As long as you
live I'll be glad to stay here. But folk here won’t think much of me after
your day, and every man must plough his own furrow.”
The earl admitted that what he said was like enough.

ÍF VIII. 12. 35-6. Hann kvazk þá
ok skyldu brátt fara ok kvað eigi mundu stoða við
at sporna.CSI IV. 12. Ingimund responds to his Lapp messengers'
advice regarding his place of settlement in Iceland:17. Ingimund said that he would be heading off there soon and
declared that it was useless to fight against this.Jones45. He said he would soon be on his
way. It was useless, he said, to strive against fate.

ÍF VIII. 12. 36. Eptir þat gerði
Ingimundr veizlu ok bauð til vinum sínum ok höfðingjum með
miklum ríkdóm, ok at þeiri veizlu kvaddi hann sér
hljóðs ok mælti: “Ráðabreytni hefi ek ætlat
fyrir mér, ok hygg ek mik fara munu til Íslands, meir
af forlögum ok atkvæði rammra hluta en fýsi;
en þat er heimilt þeim, er fara vilja með mér; hinum
er ok leyfiligt eptir at vera, er þat vilja, ok jafnkomnir eru hvárirtveggju
várir vinir, hvárt sem heldr vilja kjósa fyrir sik.”CSI IV. 12. Ingimund makes public announcement
of his plans to emigrate to Iceland:
17. After this Ingimund held a splendid feast and invited his friends
and the chieftains, and at the feast he asked for silence and said, “I
have decided on a change in my life; I am thinking of going to Iceland, more
because of destiny and the decree of mighty forces than out of any personal
desire. Anyone wishing to accompany me may do so; those others wishing
to remain behind are free to do so, and both groups will remain equally my friends,
whatever they choose to do.”Jones46. After that Ingimund prepared a feast
and with much ceremony asked to it his friends and the chieftains, and at that
feast he asked for silence and spoke: "I have decided to change my way
of life. I am thinking to go to Iceland, more through fate and the propulsion
of great powers than any desire of my own. And there's a free choice
for those who want to go with me, whilst all can stay behind who so wish; and
both are our friends on equal terms, whichever choice be made."

ÍF VIII. 13. 36-7. Þenna tíma
var sem mest sigling til Íslands, ok í þat mund fœddi
Vigdís barn; þat var sveinn; sá var vænn mjök.
Ingimundr leit á sveininn og mælti: “Sjá sveinn hefir
hyggiligt augnabragð, ok skal eigi seilask til nafns; hann skal heita Þorsteinn,
ok mun ek þess vilnask,1 at hamingja mun fylgja.” 1vilnask:
gera sér von um.
CSI IV. 13. Narrative comment on the birth and naming of
Thorstein Ingimundarson: 17-18. This was the time of greatest emigration to Iceland,
and it was then that Vigdis gave birth to a child. It was a boy, and he was
very fine-looking. Ingimund gazed at the child and said, "That boy has
a thoughtful look in his eye, and I don't need to search far for a name. He
will be called Thorstein, and it is my hope that good luck will go with
the name.”Jones46. In those days befell the busiest
sailing to Iceland. It was just then that Vigdis bore a child, a boy, who was
most handsome. Ingimund looked at the child and said: "This child has a
thoughtful look about him, and there's no need to hunt far for his name. He
shall be called Thorstein, and one thing I hope – that good luck
go with him."ASB 13. 37.Ed. note. See below,

ÍF VIII. 15. 43. Ingimundr safnar m?nnum til at henda svínin ok kvað svá rétt at mæla, at tvau h?fuð væri á hvívetna.
CSI IV. 15.20. Ingimund gathered men together to round up the swine and declared that it could truly be said that there were two heads on every one of them.

ÍF VIII. 29. 80. Þorsteinn mælti:
“Þar liggr nú grenskollin”, ok í
því koglaði hann til þeira þaðan sem hann lá;1
þat var við ána. 1Kogla
er fágætt orð (líka í Þorsteins s. hvíta,
Austfirðinga s. 14), sem mun þýða skima, skotra augunum,
og í þeirri merkingu er það enn til í Noregi.
Það er talið skylt kaga (Torp).CSI IV. 29. Thorsteinn, upon catching sight of
Thorgrim, who has been aiding in hiding Thorsteinn´s sheep:39. They then went off in search of Thorgrim. Jokul said, “I
see where the monster shows his face above ground.” Thorstein said, “There
lies the fox in his lair,” and Thorgrim eyed them from where
he lay – this was near the river.Jones 82. Then they looked around for him. “I see where
the fiend is coming above ground,” cried Jokul. “There’s
a fox in his earth for you!” said Thorstein. And with that he
goggled at them from where he was lying near the river.Ed. note.Laxdœla.

ÍF VIII. 33. 87. J?kull kvað fyrr mundu hann troll taka en hann lyti honum svá.
CSI IV. 33.43. Jokul said that the trolls would take him before he would bow the knee to him in this way.

ÍF VIII. 35. 93. Finnbogi mælti til
sinna manna: “Menn ríða frá Hofi eigi allfáir,
ok er þat sannast at segja, at Þorsteini kemr fátt
á óvart; eru nú tveir kostir fyrir höndum
ok hvárrgi góðr, ríða undan ok heim við svá
búit, ok er þat þó in mesta sneypa, eða at hætta
á fundi við þá, ok er þó nökkut hættu2 við liðsmun þann, sem mér sýnisk at sé.”
2nökkur áhætta D, B.CSI IV. 35. Finnbogi, remarking approach of the
enemy:47. Finnbogi said to his men, “There are men riding from
Hof, quite a few of them, and it can very truly be said that few things
surprise Thorstein. There are now two choices open to us and neither
is good – either to ride off home with things as they stand, though this
would be the greatest disgrace, or to risk a fight with them, but there is some
danger in this when the odds are against us, as they seem to me to be.”Jones 94. Finnbogi spoke to his following: “There are
men riding from Hof, and not so few of them. It’s a true saying that
few things come on Thorstein unawares. There are now two alternatives,
neither of them good: to ride for home just as we are (and that is the greatest
disgrace) or to risk a clash with them – and that's no small risk against
such odds as I see here.”

ÍF VIII. 35. 93. Finnbogi mælti til
sinna manna: “Menn ríða frá Hofi eigi allfáir,
ok er þat sannast at segja, at Þorsteini kemr fátt
á óvart; eru nú tveir kostir fyrir höndum
ok hvárrgi góðr, ríða undan ok heim við svá
búit, ok er þat þó in mesta sneypa, eða at hætta
á fundi við þá, ok er þó nökkut hættu2
við liðsmun þann, sem mér sýnisk at sé.”
2nökkur áhætta
D, B.CSI IV. 35. Finnbogi, remarking approach of the
enemy:47. Finnbogi said to his men, “There are men riding from
Hof, quite a few of them, and it can very truly be said that few things
surprise Thorstein. There are now two choices open to us and neither
is good – either to ride off home with things as they stand, though this
would be the greatest disgrace, or to risk a fight with them, but there is some
danger in this when the odds are against us, as they seem to me to be.”Jones 94. Finnbogi spoke to his following: “There are
men riding from Hof, and not so few of them. It’s a true saying that
few things come on Thorstein unawares. There are now two alternatives,
neither of them good: to ride for home just as we are (and that is the greatest
disgrace) or to risk a clash with them – and that's no small risk against
such odds as I see here.”Ed. note. A potential derivative proverb.
[ AND , AS IN NJÁLA: “eru nú tveir kostir höndum
ok hvarrgi góðr,”]

ÍF VIII. 40. 105. “Eigi em
ek því vanr,” kvað Ingólfr, “at
taka ókunna menn til mín, gefask þeir margir illa,
ok ertu eigi til þess ólíkligr, því at þú
hefir illsligt2 bragð á þér;” –
ok vísaði honum skjótt af höndum ok kvazk engu vilja
við hann kaupa ok hvarf aptr. 2illt
D.CSI IV. 40. Ingolf wisely rejects the would-be
assassin Svart's attempt to stay with him:53. Ingolf said, “I am not in the habit of taking
in unknown men; they can cause a great deal of trouble, as is not unlikely
in your case because you have a grim look about you,” and he showed him
hastily off the premises and said that he had no wish to bargain with him. He
then headed home. Jones 105. “It's not my habit to take strangers
into my home. A lot of trouble comes of that. Nor are you past suspicion
yourself. You have an ill look about you.” At this he pointed to the spear
in his hand, said he had no wish to buy anything from him, and turned back.Ed. note. Proverbial allusion?ÍF VIII. 40. 105. Ingólfr svarar:
“Þá lízk okkr eigi þat einn veg, því
at mér lízk maðrinn flugumannligr, ok illa mun hann reynask,
ok vil ek eigi, at hann sé hjá þér, því
at mér segir illa hugr um hann, en mér þykkir betri
inn fyrri varinn.”4 – en þat varð
þó eigi, ok var hann þar um vetrinn. 4inn
fyrri varinn: sá vari, sem í tíma er tekinn, sbr.
fyrirvari.CSI IV. 40. Ingolf’s advice to his brother,
Guðbrandr, on the undesirability of keeping Svartr on at his place:53. Ingolf said, “We don’t look at this matter
in the same way, because this fellow looks like a hired killer to me and he
will prove to be bad news; I don't want him to be anywhere near you, because
something tells me that he is evil, and it seems to me that forethought
is better than afterthought.” But things did not turn out this
way and Svart remained there over the winter.Jones 106. “Then it looks different to you and me,”
Ingolf retorted. “To my way of thinking the fellow’s and assassin
and will turn out dangerous. I don’t want him near you. I have my suspicions
of him – and better take warning early than late.”
But this was not to be, and he stayed there over the winter.FJ Proverb word 134. Page 87. fyrri vari – (mér)
þykkir betri enn fyrri vari Vats. 65. ‘(Mig) tykkes forsigtighed
i forvejen bedre’. Enn fyrri vari hedder nu i isl. fyrirvari.

ÍF VIII. 47. 130. Þá mælti
Þróttólfr: “Eigi skiptir þat högum til,1
at Húnrøðr, góðr drengr, skal vera félauss
orðinn ok hlotit þat mest af okkr, en þræll hans, Skúmr,
skal orðinn auðigr sem Njörðr.”2
Síðan fóru þeir ok drápu hann, en tóku
fé hans allt ok sendu Húnrøði. 1?:
það fer ekki eins og skyldi, er óhæfilegt. 2Njörðr
sva AM 128 fol. o. fl. (útg. F. J. 111); autt eða afbakað í
aðalhdrr. Njörður var auðsældargoð (fégjafaguð,
Nj. inn auðgi Snorri).CSI IV. 47. Throttolf provides justification for
killing Skum, a freed slave who has grown wealthy a second time:66. Then Throttolf said, “It is not as it should be that
Hunrod, a good man, should have become penniless, mostly on our account, while
his slave Skum grows as rich as Njord.” Then they went
and killed him, and seized all his money and sent it to Hunrod.Jones 127. Then Throttolf said: “It's not right a good
fellow like Hunrod should become a beggar, and that most because of us, and
his thrall Skum grow rich as Njord.” They set off and
slew him, seized all his goods, and sent them to Hunrod.